Combing machine



Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

JEREMIAH J'. OGRADY, OF WOONSOCKET, RI-IODE ISLAND.

COMBING MACHINE.

Application filed May 14, 1925. Serial No. 30,304.

This invention relates to an improved construction of waste condenser for combing machines, and has for its object to provide such a condenser which is adapted to cooperate with the means for combing the waste from the lap as it is traveling through the combing machine and to provide means for conducting this waste from the waste-removing means and depositing this waste into a vented receptacle whereby the waste fibers and foreign matter combed from the lap are collected and deposited into this receptacle thereby keeping this waste clean to bring the maximum selling price; also it keeps the waste from the floor of the mill,

which when allowed to collect on the floor not only soils the waste but is unsightly on the floor and is also more or less of a fire hazard.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a receptacle preferably in box form for the reception of the waste mate rial and to deposit this waste into the upper edge of the receptacle so that it will fall by gravity to the bottom thereof and keep the air inlet clear.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully de- 0 scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating my improved waste-condensing device as attached to a combing machine.

Figure 2 is a top View of my improved attachment.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my improved vented receptacle.

It is found in the practical operation of combing machines for combing fiber laps, to remove the foreign matter therefrom, of particular advantage to draw the waste from the brushes and combs into an exhaust pipe and from the exhaust pipe to carry it direct- 1y into a waste receptacle, the receptacle being preferably provided with a porous portion or wall whereby the waste with the air may be forced thereinto, the air being permitted to escape through the porous wall and the waste retained therein; and the following is a detailed description of the present embodiment of my invention and showing one means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished With reference to the drawings, designates the cotton lap roll from which the lap is unwound to pass over the guide roll 11, thence to the so-called half lap roll 12 which serves to alternately comb and feed the lap through the combing machine in the usual way. The waste combed from the lap by the teeth 13 on this half-lap roll is removed from the teeth by means of the usual brush roll 14. which roll is connected by a conduit 15 with the socalled exhaust pipe 16 that runs along the different sets of these rolls.

To this exhaust pipe, I have connected the exhaust blower or fan 17 through the conduit 18, the fan being driven from the driving shaft 19 of the comber and this fan is connected through pipe 20 to the receptacle 21 in which the waste is deposited.

This receptacle is preferably made of a frame 22 having a closed bottom portion 23 and a closed removable cover or lid 24 also the walls thereof, which walls will effective ly retain all the waste forced thereinto with the air.

As this air with the waste is forced into the upper portion of the receptacle it naturally settles by its own gravity into the bottom of the receptacle leaving the entrance opening clear until the receptacle is full after which the fan or blower may be stopped, the cover removed from the receptacle and the same emptied, or another receptacle may be positioned to take its place while the full receptacle is removed.

My improved method of receiving the waste and conducting it as collected from each comb, directly into a separate porous or vented receptacle permits none of the waste material to escape but retains the whole, also by depositing the waste in a separate receptacle it is possible to run a difierent stock in each machine without having waste of different lengths and character mixed together, that is, the waste in each receptacle will correspondwith the stock from which the waste is taken thereby rendering it of much greater value than where mixed with stock of different lengths and characters. improved vented waste receptacles are set adjacent the machine which they serve, thereby reducing to the minimum the space taken up; also by making these vented receptacles portable if fire ocurs in any one of them, that one may be readily and quickly disconnected and removed to a safe place thus reducing the fire hazard, thereby 0b taining many advantages over the old type of waste-collecting devices, one being that the waste is kept quite clean as none is permitted to collect upon the floor permitting it to bring the maximum market price, and another is that the floor is kept quite clear from this'w'aste, collection of which about the oil and machinery is not only unsightly but also presents fire hazard which is greatly desired to be avoided.

H The foregoing description is directed solelly towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve *2 the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

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1. In combination with a combing machine having means for combing waste from the stock being operated upon by the machine, and means for cleaning the combing means, or" a waste condenser comprising a vented waste receptacle set adjacent the machine, said receptacle being of a size to receive and retain waste collected for a substantial period of time, a conduit for carrying the waste from said cleaning means to the receptacle, and a fan in said conduit to draw It will also be noted that my 7 the waste from the cleaning means and deposit it in said receptacle.

2. In a combing machine having means for removing waste from the lap traveling through thermachine, an exhaust pipe for each machine conducting the waste from the removing means, a vented waste receptacle for each individual machine connected to said exhaust pipe, said receptacle being of a size to receive and retain waste collected 't'or a substantial period of time, and a blower :tor causing a current of air to flow from said exhaust pipe to said receptacle to deposit the waste thereinto.

3,111 a combing machine, means for removing waste from the traveling lap, an exhaust pipe for conducting the waste from the removin means, a portaole porous receptacle for each machine adapted to permit the escape of air but to retain all of the waste, said receptacle being of a size to receive and retain waste collected for a substantial period of time, a blower intermeciate said receptacle and exhaust pipe for drawing the waste from said pipe and forcing it through a conduit'into said receptacle.

4; In a combing machine, means for removing waste from the traveling lap, an e1:- haustpipe for conducting the waste from the removing means, an individual porous receptacle for each machine having an inlet opening adjacent its upper portion, said receptacle being oi a size to receive and tain waste collected for a substantial period of time, and ablower intermediate said receptacle and exhaust pipe for drawing the waste from said pipe and forcing it through said inlet opening into said porous receptacle.

In testimony whereof l afiix my signature.

JEREMIAH J. OGRADY. 

